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10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />satisfaction, and to ensure that the regulations are in line with current needs residents and <br />property owners; and, <br />WHEREAS, the proposed ordinance reflects the community's desire for more effective <br />parking solutions that respect the rights of residents to convenient parking while accommodating <br />the needs of local businesses and visitors. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON <br />CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />SECTION 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The City Council hereby finds that all of the <br />foregoing recitals presented herewith are true and correct and are hereby incorporated and <br />adopted as findings of the City Council. <br />SECTION 2. Amendment to the Municipal Code. Colton Municipal Code Chapter 10.44 <br />Preferential Parking Program is amended to read as follows: <br />"Chapter 10.44 PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONES <br />10.44.010 Purpose. <br />This chapter shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Preferential Parking Code." This <br />chapter is enacted pursuant to authority granted by Sections 22507 and 22507.5 of the California <br />Vehicle Code. Preferential parking zones are necessary to alleviate serious problems in certain <br />residential areas of the City due, in part, to the parking of motor vehicles on streets by <br />nonresidents of the immediate area for extended periods of time and the nonuse of available <br />public transit alternatives to automobile travel by nonresidents which has resulted in <br />neighborhood decline in affected areas because of traffic congestion, noise, air pollution, traffic <br />hazards, and inability of residents to park their vehicles reasonably close to their residences. <br />10.44.020 Petition forms. <br />The Police Department shall provide petition forms for preferential parking zones upon <br />the written request of any five (5) residents of or property owners within a proposed zone, one (1) <br />of whom shall be designated in the request as the official representative of the zone advocates. <br />10.44.030 Establishment of a preferential parking zone. <br />-2- <br />